Comprising critical writings in civil-military relations theory and research, this book of essays integrates the ideas and insights drawn from political science, particularly its subfields of comparative politics, theory and methodology both normative and empirical, with those from the combined disciplines of philosophy of science, history, sociology, and development studies, bringing out the relevance of these ideas and insights for understanding and analysing the issues central to the place and role of military in the Nigerian society.

This book will be useful to students, academics, journalists and activists working on Nigeria in particular, and Africa in general.

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J. ‘Bayo Adekanye is Nigerian scholar and professor of Political Science. He was a tenured staff of the Department of Political Science, the University of Ibadan before retiring in 2006. He held teaching combined with research and administrative positions in several institutions, including Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife; University of Lancaster, England; Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; the international peace Research Institute, Oslo, Norway; Kogi State University (now renamed Prince Abubakar of Audu University), and Babcock University, Ogun State.